Are you looking to integrate energy modeling tools into your practice? Payette Building Scientist Chris Mackey is leading a workshop on energy analysis and modeling tools on Friday, February 16 at the Center for Architecture in New York.

Energy Analysis and Modeling Tools for ArchitectsThrough prepared, modeled examples, instructors will provide a hands-on, practical understanding of current energy modeling programs, workflows and analyses for project design team members. Analyses will include early design sensitivity studies, later design analyses that support proposals to clients, energy modeling for LEED, and code compliance modeling. Participants will learn and apply early design workflows that provide performance feedback for projects that seek to meet and exceed minimum energy code requirements.

Participants will receive in-depth presentation, demonstration, and hand’s-on experience with common climate and early energy analysis methods used by leading architects today, including:

Why we energy model

Navigating the “world of metrics” and choosing the right study for the right purpose (pre-design brainstorming, early-design sensitivity analysis, making a case to a client, and marketing a design to the public)

How to interpret the climate into useful design criteria. Overview of common climate graphics/studies and their purpose

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